situation. the surreal nature in the way the government is handling this issue cannot be overstated. the government has a system in place for putting forward a litigation position. that system worked. they were dropping the citizenship question and the president comes out of left field. what is worth pointing out is the reason the justice department gave up on this case. is that they recognized in light of chief justice roberts' opinion, their position was hopeless. this tweet doesn't make their position any less hopeless. so i don't know what they're going to do when they go back into court in maryland and new york and say by the way, we're still fighting this issue. it is just nuts. >> and it's amazing when you think about the fact that the president is describing an official statement by the department of justice, the attorney general bill barr, presumably approved it. the department of commerce, wil